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  • Malaysian authorities have urged social media platforms to monitor harmful content, but the move has met some criticism
  • Tell us what you think about Singapore giving workers the right to request a flexible-working arrangement
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  • Collaboration between Hong Kong Metropolitan University and the Airport Authority’s International Aviation Academy hopes to increase the number of pilots in the city
  • City’s flag carrier Cathay Pacific has faced controversy due to flight cancellations, manpower shortages; critics question the airline’s capabilities ahead of opening of third runway
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  • Professor Loh Po-shen from Carnegie Mellon University advised students to stay curious, focus on empathy to thrive in a time of AI during a visit to Hong Kong last month
  • Every week, Talking Points gives you a worksheet to practise your reading comprehension with exercises about the story we’ve written
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  • Each week, two readers debate a hot topic in a showdown that doesn’t necessarily reflect their personal viewpoints
  • This time, they discuss whether teachers should be able to see what students are doing on their phones and tablets while at school
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  • Our readers have some interesting takes on what they would like to delve into from the past
  • Our writing contest starts with 10 students, who are eliminated one at a time based on your votes and YP editors’ picks – who will you choose?
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  • Dr Ken Fung from Jadis Blurton Family Development Centre in Hong Kong shares the reason for ‘stuck song syndrome’ and how it could help your revision
  • Every week, Talking Points gives you a worksheet to practise your reading comprehension with exercises about the story we’ve written
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  • Educators, parents and the government need to provide more guidance to young people when it comes to choosing their careers, says one reader
  • Another student shares how Hong Kong has the opportunity to position itself as a leader in sustainable transport
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  • From milk tea Oreos to garlic chocolate, here are the tastiest – and most unusual – flavours our readers would love to invent
  • This week’s question: What is one thing you recently gave up on, and why?
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  • One student shares why it is important to look beyond online filters as the lines between expectation and reality have become blurred
  • Another student explains how it is essential that we control deforestation in the Amazon rainforest
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  • Platform integrates generative AI into the existing Jockey Club TourHeart+ project and offers free online therapy, self-help tools to the city’s university students
  • Schools have struggled to meet requests for mental health services, saying complexity of student concerns has also intensified
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  • As part of the firm’s 45th anniversary celebrations, the ‘Station Rail Voyage’ exhibition will open to the public at Hung Hom station on April 27
  • The highlight is expected to be the ‘Next Station … Memories’ area that features three of the company’s iconic locomotives
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  • English listening test paper was leaked on the social media platform Xiaohongshu by a woman surnamed Lau, an exam invigilator
  • SCMP explains why sharing exam content, even after the paper is over, is against the law
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  • Each week, we respond to a question from our readers and give advice and resources they can turn to
  • This week, we help a student who says their parents scold them when their sibling misbehaves
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  • Woman surnamed Lau is also a teaching assistant in a secondary school; she has been granted bail pending investigation
  • Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority says the incident did not affect the integrity of the tests, as the leak happened after they took place
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